Identity thieves on the prowl
By Brian Hepp
BEFORE TOSSING THAT CREDIT CARD STATEMENT IN the garbage and walking it outside to the driveway for the upcoming waste pickup, you
By John Hoelle Santa Monica
As I type this, I am listening to the incessant racket of yet another leaf blower across the street, the man lazily blowing around a
By Dan Jansenson
The city of Santa Monica intends to destroy the large-canopy ficus trees along Second and Fourth streets in a fatally flawed attempt to make those streets
By Marilyn Brennan
In a letter to the SMDP (“City leaders ignore constituents,” June 1), I decried the downward slide Santa Monica seems to be in and chided the City
By Mike Heayn Real Estate 101
YOU ARE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH with the sun in your face and sand between your toes. Vacationing in Maui is for you. After
By Angie Wagner Tales from the crib
WHEN MY FIRST DAUGHTER WAS 3 months old, I went back to work. I cried a few times on the way to my
By Dorie Meek Dear Dorie Ready to Roll
Dear Dorie, The youngest of my three children is 18-months-old and I’d like to go back to work. How
By KENNY MACK is a writer and comedian living in Santa Monica. He kenny-
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, MY INITIAL reaction to the end of “The Sopranos” finale was, “What just
By Leo Walford London
I was very struck by the reasonableness of Greg Foisie’s guest commentary in the SMDP (“Arlington West is appropriate,” May 31). I do agree that
By Prof. Victor S. Dorodny
I believe that, in the interest of Los Angeles County residents, you should resign your position, effective immediately... for being “star-struck” and going out
DADS ARE COOL. WELL, THEY CAN BE. They can also be losers who don’t nurture their kids. They can be hard working, or lazy, funny or stiff. They can
By Ron Lowe Santa Monica
Having documented and been the brunt of fundamentalist right and anti-abortion attacks and activities for 15 years, this statement makes a whole lot of
